The Body's Long Madness
THE BODY’S LONG MADNESS IS UNDER COMPLETE DESTRUCTION AND RE-CONSTRUCTION.
I’ve left the Q&A which seem applicable.
The Body’s Long Madness?
It’s a book I’m writing.
How long have you been writing this book?
Sometimes I feel like I’ve been writing this book for five years and then I remember, I have, in various stages and various transformations, very off and on. What I began in June 2003 in Rome I began again—very differently—in June 2007 in Bracciano and haven’t stopped since.
When will you be finished?
By spring 2009.
Do you have a publisher?
Ha! That’s a funny word, for I move in increments of first comes first. But, I think I will need a publisher. . . If you would like to help me or share with me some other plausible way, please contact me.
Why The Body’s Long Madness?
Because I like the sound and this poem has served me very well.
What is being said about The Body’s Long Madness (sic!!!):
This book is a book in progress. It shall suggest movement to those who are still; it shall suggest stillness for those who are constantly moving; it shall suggest clarity and obscure depths; it shall break rules of chronology and narrative. And once it is finished I shall walk away from it with my hands cleansed. Even now I feel the finitude of the whole thing, not so much black cloud but anticipation of what I want to believe will be an empty mind. I’ve been lugging this thing around with me for some time. Amen.
Behold! A List of Excerpts:
The Firsts
Behold! A Pantheon, Draft #1
On a Bench, Draft #1
Isaac, Draft #2
Reflections, Draft #2
SEX, Draft #2
Arianna, Draft #2
Klaus, Draft #2
Blood and Guts, Draft #2
The Train, Draft #3/4
Brittany #1111, Draft #3/4
The Tree with its Life in the Air, Draft #3/4
Eid ul-Adha, Draft #3/4
The Desert Nomad, Draft #3/4
How Sonia Slept, Draft unknown
Femininity and the Present, Draft unknown
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